Bag-holder.



PATENTBD OCT. 15, 1907.

E. TAYLOR.

BAG HOLDER.

AIPLICATIOH IILBD MAR. 1a. 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

Int/611201,

Ydl'lnfsses:

THE NORRIS PETERS co. wnsnmcrou. a :4

PATENTED OCT. 15, 1907.

E. TAYLOR.

BAG HOLDER.

.AYPPLIIGATION FILED MAB..13, 1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET EDWIN TAYLOR, OF EDWARDS VILLF, KANSAS.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15,190 r.

Applicatinu filed March 13, 1906- Serial No. 305,887.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Edwardsville, in the county of Wyandotte and State ofKansas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bag-Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to bag holders for holding bags or sacks whilebeing filled; and the object of the invention is to provide a device forthis purpose which is ad tion of the holder as adjusted for narrowsacks. Fig. 3

is a sectional detail view of the preferred means for locking the holderat different heights. Fig. 4. is a perspective view of a sack or bagholder constructed as shown in Fig. 2., but provided with means forhanging it up instead of with a floor support.

As in general use a bag holder is fioor supported, the preferredconstruction comprises, as shown in Fig. 1, a base plate 1, a verticalstandard 2 rigidly secured thereto, and the holder proper, which ishereinafter described. The standard 2 is more strongly connected to thebase by means of an arched brace 3, as shown.

Mounted upon the standard 2, so as to slide thereon, is a cast metalsleeve 3, the front of which is provided with an inclined integral plate4.

Secured to plate 4 is the back 5. of the two-ended or open frontedhopper, the sides of which are designated 6. and 7. Preferably thehopper is constructed of sheet metal.

Journaled in circular openings in the ends 6 and 7 is a rockshaft 8,provided with spurs 9 for penetrating the upper edge of the sack or bagand thereby supporting the same.

The back 5 is reinforced with a metal strip 10* with spurs 10 for thepurpose of sustaining the sack.

A lever 12 is fixed upon one end of the rock shaft 8, and when a bag isbeing supported, said lever is engaged by a suitable spring catch 14which is pressed inward by the operator to release the lever 12 when thebag has been filled. As shown in the drawings, the catch 14 consists ofa strip of spring steel, secured at its one end to end 6 of the hopper,and bent outward, thus forming a projection over which the lever 12 mustpass when turned to locked position, and said projection retains therock-shaft against the pull of the sack while being filled. The sack isreleased by turning the lever 1.2 up and forward, thus depressing thespurs 9.

The end 6 is preferably set upright, on account of the action of lever12. but the other end 7 is inclined, as shown. Connected to this end 7,preferably by a hinge 15, is a block 16 (if of wood) which may be madehollow if made of sheet metal. When in the full line position, saidblock reduces the width of the hopper by as much as its own thickness,and when swung outwardly and allowed to hang as indicated by dottedlines, it thereby increases the width of the hopper.

Returning to the slidable sleeve 3. as shown in Fig. 3. Ratchet teeth 18are cut in the front face of the standard, and the front inner face 17of sleeve 3. is caused to -rest upon any one of said teeth. To permitthis adjustability, the back wall of the sleeve 3. is spaced outwardlyfrom the standard and is provided with a tightening wedge 20 or othersuitable device for clamping the sleeve to the standard in such mannerthat the sleeve aforesaid is firmly clamped to the standard with thepart 17 of the sleeve 3, securely resting in one of the notches of thestandard.

The operation is obvious: When the hopper is to be raised or lowered thewedge 20 is first withdrawn, the sleeve 3 is then raised or lowered asdesired when the wedge 20 is reinstated, thus again drawing the sleeve3. against the standard with the part 17 resting in one of the notches18.

A modification, adapted to be hung up against a bin against the wall ofa room or of a car is shown in Fig. 4. It consists. of the hopper 567and the bag holding devices 89 10, and an upwardly extending bar 22,secured to the back of the hopper. If the bar 22 is of wood, a block 23may be interposed between the same and the back of the hopper. If madeof metal, it will be bent and secured directly to the hopper. Said baris provided with a hole 23, by which it may be suspended from a spike orhook, when in use as well as when not in use. I

Having now fully described my invention what I claim and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

A bag holder, comprising a standard, a sleeve vertically adjustablethereon, a hopper supported by the sleeve, one

side of which hopper is open, a series of spurs arranged on the loweredge and rear side of the hopper, a rock shaft journaled to the hopperand extending across the front and lower edge thereof, spurs integralwith said rock shaft,

a lever fixed on one end of the rock shaft, and a spring catch arrangedon one end of the hopper for engaging the free end of the lever.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWIN TAYLOR.

Witnesses M. N. HIGDON, E. C. WALTON.

